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Well, my start date for IAP/BOTC was and still is quickly approaching. I had started running in an attempt to get into shape. Due to my civy job I found myself in hotels a lot (5 nights/week) in strange towns so I go accustomed to using the treadmill in the hotel. When I left that job, just recently, I continued to use a treadmill in my basement. I was starting to get really concerned with my times. According to the treadmill I couldn't run 2.4km in less than 15min. I was rather dismayed by this, I thought I was in much better shape, I remember passing the CF Express test back in the recruiting centre with out much difficulty. I could still do the sit ups, chin ups, and push ups with out difficulty but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't keep running with the pace my treadmill was set at to make the minimum time/distance, it was almost like sprinting. My concerns grew because I feared I would fail the CF Express during the second day of IAP, be sent to the 'warrior platoon', and be re-coursed. Although not the end of the world by any stretch of the imagination but just added delays.
I took some advice from this forum and said screw it, I am just going to do run outside, until recently the sidewalks were covered in snow and ice and I had grown fond of running while watching the Simpsons . Anyways, I just got back from outside, with out much effort I broke the 12 min mark for the 2.4km. I think either there is something wrong with my treadmill (maybe I have it set to run 2.4mi in 12 min) or I run differently on the treadmill than on pavement. In any case, I am a happy camper now, I am no longer worried about failing the CF Express and you know what......the Christmas lights on people's houses are much more entertaining than the Simpsons while running.
Cheers!
Lesson: Run outside unless the weather/streets are really bad.
I took some advice from this forum and said screw it, I am just going to do run outside, until recently the sidewalks were covered in snow and ice and I had grown fond of running while watching the Simpsons . Anyways, I just got back from outside, with out much effort I broke the 12 min mark for the 2.4km. I think either there is something wrong with my treadmill (maybe I have it set to run 2.4mi in 12 min) or I run differently on the treadmill than on pavement. In any case, I am a happy camper now, I am no longer worried about failing the CF Express and you know what......the Christmas lights on people's houses are much more entertaining than the Simpsons while running.
Cheers!
Lesson: Run outside unless the weather/streets are really bad.